Improvement in indicators for barbed-wire fences



E. M. CRANDAL. Indicator for aJ BarbedI Wire-Fence.

No. 220,912. Patented oct. 2s, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT l OEEIGE,

EDWARD M. CRANDAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INDICATORS FOR BARBED-WIRE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 220,912, dated October 28, 1879; application filed August 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. CRANDAL, ot Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Indicators for Barbed- Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for warning cattle of the Vpresence ot' a barbed-wire fence by rendering thei'ence more readily visible.

In the accom panying drawings, which form a4 part ot' this specification, Figure l is a side view of a felice provided with my improved indicators, giving a face view of the indicators. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one of the indicators.

Upon said drawings, thel letti rAdenotes the fence-wires, provided with barbs B, after the usual fashion of suchteuces. C are the fenee posts for supporting the wires.

The indicator consists of a flat piece of water-proof paper, Wood, veneer, or other Waterproof ilexible material, D, bent into the form shown at Fig. 2, to inclose -a strengtheningbar, E, of wood or other suitable material, over which the dat plate D is bent, and to which it is nailed or otherwise'rmly secured, preferably tacked throughthe faces e e. The shorter end, G,of piece D is bentinward and upward to form an inclined flap or catch resting upon the longer portion of the piece, or standing adjacent thereto, forming a loop or inclosure, H, in which lies the barbed wire when the device is in place upon thefence.

To apply the indicators to the fence it is only necessary to slip them on, as shown in the drawings, placing them between the barbs. The flap or catch Gr will yield to admit the wire, and, closing, secure the indicator against esa cape from the wire.

The indicators thus formed of a thin. exiover the ordinary Wooden-block indicator consists in the fact that in this device there is nothing to tempt depredators to remove it from the fence, as in the case of the wooden blocks, which make excellent kindling-Wood.

My indicator is not only very cheap to make, but is also very cheap to ship from place to place, as it is light and packs closely and economically.

I claim- The indicator forbarbed-Wire fences, consisting of a plate of thin flexible material and a strengtheningbar, the plate having one end folded over said bar, and recurved to form a catch or lockfor inclosin g the fence-wire, sub stantially as specified.

EDVARD M. CRANDAL.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. MUNDAY, EDWARD S. EvARTs. 

